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this is new video that shows the severity of the disasters in the miyagi prefacture. it is estimated today there are actually at least 10,000 people dead in that area alone. the official death toll in all of japan from that earthquake and tsunami is just over 800. we have team coverage of the developments in japan. ally rasmus is in san francisco. first, we want to check in with jana in tokyo right now. >> reporter: good morning. or good night as it is right now. 11:00at night on sunday. sunshine we reported -- since we reported live on the 10:00 news last night, we've since moved into central tokyo. that is very close to where all the embassies are, and all the national offices. sort of like the u.s. equivalent of capitol hill. we have not had a chance to go anywhere outside of tokyo right now. the transportation is very limited. as you can imagine. with everything that's been going on up there. but i've been listening closely. right now, i have the japanese national news on. a short while ago, early this evening, they had japanese officials who came on, who were tal
this is new video that shows the severity of the disasters in the miyagi prefacture. it is estimated today there are actually at least 10,000 people dead in that area alone. the official death toll in all of japan from that earthquake and tsunami is just over 800. we have team coverage of the developments in japan. ally rasmus is in san francisco. first, we want to check in with jana in tokyo right now. >> reporter: good morning. or good night as it is right now. 11:00at night on sunday....
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and now, government officials north here in the miyagi prefecture, which is home to sendai, the worst-hit area, say there could be 10,000 people dead in that one place alone. the government is calling on all people here to conserve electricity. it's warning that electric power will be rationed because so much of the electricity comes from the nuclear power plants that are now shut down. my team and i took a helicopter tour up north. we saw the devastation firsthand from the air. as we make our way through the outskirts of tokyo, life looks surprisingly normal. the trains are running again. three days after the powerful earthquake shook even this capital, hundreds of miles from the epicenter. last night, there was an explosion at the fukushima power plant. as we're driving, we hear that another reactor is overheating. >> translator: we're assuming that a meltdown has occurred. with reactor number three, we're assuming the possibility of a meltdown. >> reporter: as we continue to make our way towards the quake zone, we wonder how much of the country has been affected by this kind of chaos a
and now, government officials north here in the miyagi prefecture, which is home to sendai, the worst-hit area, say there could be 10,000 people dead in that one place alone. the government is calling on all people here to conserve electricity. it's warning that electric power will be rationed because so much of the electricity comes from the nuclear power plants that are now shut down. my team and i took a helicopter tour up north. we saw the devastation firsthand from the air. as we make our...
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>> that's right, miyagi, the indicators damaged. ibaraki, further south, is measuring normal levels. but again, only temporarily. we expect the cloud to go over ibaraki, as well. and normal levels will start to shoot up in the next few hours. >> and i want to see what you think about fukushima. we'll push in there. and you'll see a number of indicators are showing spiked levels. this is expected. when you hear the plume this morning, we could see readings even higher than we're seeing. >> the outer ring is six miles outside of the radiation zone. radiation level there's are approximately 110 microsieverts per hour. in other words, a chest x-ray per hour in these areas. as you go closer to the reactor, it starts to go up to hundreds, thousands of chest x-rays per hour. 6 >> we heard from david wright, that the average person working noir the near the plant and living around faukushima has ben exposed to 16,000 times the radiation? >> that's right. we're talking about staggering amounts of radiation. if you go in the reactor site itse
>> that's right, miyagi, the indicators damaged. ibaraki, further south, is measuring normal levels. but again, only temporarily. we expect the cloud to go over ibaraki, as well. and normal levels will start to shoot up in the next few hours. >> and i want to see what you think about fukushima. we'll push in there. and you'll see a number of indicators are showing spiked levels. this is expected. when you hear the plume this morning, we could see readings even higher than we're...
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. >> reporter: in miyagi prefecture, this woman is still looking for her husband. she says she believes he is safe somewhere but is afraid he could be suffering. there is now widespread concern over radiation that's leeched into the food supply. milk, spinach and other leafy vegetables farmed near the reactors could be unsafe. there are calls on the japanese government to ban its sale. ingesting contaminated food is more harmful than radiation in the air. here in the u.s. customs and border agents examine just about all imported goods for radiation. >> they picked up radioactive blueberries coming from russia. that system is now in place, screening over 99% of our food that comes in here. i think it's safe. >> reporter: the carrier "uss george washington" moved out of tokyo bay last week and was moved further off the coast out of concern it could be exposed to too much radiation. >> t.j. winick, thank you. >>> back here in the united states, hundreds of homes near denver are being threatened by wildfires burning in nearly perfect conditions. flames are being pushed
. >> reporter: in miyagi prefecture, this woman is still looking for her husband. she says she believes he is safe somewhere but is afraid he could be suffering. there is now widespread concern over radiation that's leeched into the food supply. milk, spinach and other leafy vegetables farmed near the reactors could be unsafe. there are calls on the japanese government to ban its sale. ingesting contaminated food is more harmful than radiation in the air. here in the u.s. customs and...
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still missing. 24-year-old taylor anderson of richmond, virginia, was an english teacher living in the miyagi prefecture. >> she loved teaching japanese children. she was living her dream. >> reporter: when the earthquake hit, taylor helped get the children out of the school, waiting till their parents arrived. for days her parents waited for word from taylor. >> i wanted to touch her, feel her, listen to her, hear her voice. >> reporter: but taylor's call never came. her body was found monday. the first american among thousands of japanese known to have perished in the disaster. as the search for the missing labors on, another american family is still waiting to her from their loved one, 26-year-old monty dixon. he belonged to the same program as taylor, teaching english in awati, another area ravaged by the tsunami. his family in alaska is consumed by worry but focused on their mission. >> the grief is overwhelming. i've got to find my brother. >> reporter: we wish those people well. there's another american angle. that radiation plume coming over the united states. every official that i kn
still missing. 24-year-old taylor anderson of richmond, virginia, was an english teacher living in the miyagi prefecture. >> she loved teaching japanese children. she was living her dream. >> reporter: when the earthquake hit, taylor helped get the children out of the school, waiting till their parents arrived. for days her parents waited for word from taylor. >> i wanted to touch her, feel her, listen to her, hear her voice. >> reporter: but taylor's call never came....